SAS 'pulling out of Afghanistan to prepare for terror threat to 2012 Olympic Games'

Call of duty: The SAS are believed to be returning to the UK to provide Olympic Games security

The SAS will wrap up their mission in Afghanistan in six months’ time to prepare for anti-terror duty at next year’s Olympic Games in London, according to reports.

It is thought that the Royal Navy's Special Boat Service will continue to carry out missions there.

The SAS, some of whom took part in a recent live-round anti-terror training exercise with police at the Olympic village, will come home and make security at the Games their priority.

The elite troops have been freed up because they have been so successful in their winter ‘kill and capture’ missions against the Taliban, according to The Sun, that they have been left with few targets.

An insider told the paper: ‘It has got so quiet out there it’s been decided the SAS will leave in six months. They’ve done incredible work since they arrived but the job is too small now to have the SAS there. The job has changed.’